TED Talks

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10:19

Leo Igwe

Why I choose humanism over faith

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

13:12

Ndidi Nwuneli

The role of faith and belief in modern Africa

Posted Mar 2018 Rated Inspiring, Informative

7:45

Nilay Kulkarni

A life-saving invention that prevents human stampedes

Posted Feb 2018 Rated Inspiring, Ingenious

16:11

Anjali Kumar

My failed mission to find God — and what I found instead

Posted Jan 2018 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

11:51

Nabila Alibhai

Why people of different faiths are painting their houses of worship yellow

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

19:16

Chetan Bhatt

Dare to refuse the origin myths that claim who you are

Posted Sep 2017 Rated Inspiring, Informative

12:36

Rabbi Lord Jonathan Sacks

How we can face the future without fear, together

Posted Jul 2017 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

17:52

His Holiness Pope Francis

Why the only future worth building includes everyone

Posted Apr 2017 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

12:46

Siamak Hariri

How do you build a sacred space?

Posted Apr 2017 Rated Beautiful, Inspiring

15:17

Megan Phelps-Roper

I grew up in the Westboro Baptist Church. Here's why I left

Posted Mar 2017 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

16:27

Sharon Brous

It's time to reclaim religion

Posted Dec 2016 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

20:17

Jonathan Haidt and Chris Anderson

Can a divided America heal?

Posted Nov 2016 Rated Informative, Inspiring

14:48

Suzanne Barakat

Islamophobia killed my brother. Let's end the hate

Posted Nov 2016 Rated Courageous, Inspiring

17:22

Manwar Ali

Inside the mind of a former radical jihadist

Posted Oct 2016 Rated Courageous, Informative

10:25

Marwa Al-Sabouni

How Syria's architecture laid the foundation for brutal war

Posted Jul 2016 Rated Informative, Inspiring

8:05

Negin Farsad

A highly scientific taxonomy of haters

Posted Jun 2016 Rated Funny, Courageous

17:33

Elizabeth Lev

The unheard story of the Sistine Chapel

Posted Jan 2016 Rated Informative, Fascinating

12:36

Chelsea Shields

How I'm working for change inside my church

Posted Nov 2015 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

12:13

Alaa Murabit

What my religion really says about women

Posted Jul 2015 Rated Inspiring, Courageous

14:01

Yassmin Abdel-Magied

What does my headscarf mean to you?

Posted May 2015 Rated Inspiring, Informative

12:38

Kitra Cahana

My father, locked in his body but soaring free

Posted Oct 2014 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

20:05

Karima Bennoune

When people of Muslim heritage challenge fundamentalism

Posted Jul 2014 Rated Courageous, Inspiring

19:14

Naomi Oreskes

Why we should trust scientists

Posted Jun 2014 Rated Informative, Persuasive

14:40

Kwame Anthony Appiah

Is religion good or bad? (This is a trick question)

Posted Jun 2014 Rated Informative, Fascinating

6:54

Christopher Emdin

Teach teachers how to create magic

Posted Apr 2014 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

14:59

John Searle

Our shared condition — consciousness

Posted Jul 2013 Rated Informative, Fascinating

13:45

Lesley Hazleton

The doubt essential to faith

Posted Jun 2013 Rated Inspiring, Fascinating

16:31

Bobby Ghosh

Why global jihad is losing

Posted Dec 2012 Rated Informative, Persuasive

13:20

Hans Rosling

Religions and babies

Posted May 2012 Rated Informative, Fascinating

18:16

Jonathan Haidt

Religion, evolution, and the ecstasy of self-transcendence

Posted Mar 2012 Rated Inspiring, Fascinating

19:20

Alain de Botton

Atheism 2.0

Posted Jan 2012 Rated Inspiring, Persuasive

17:11

Mustafa Akyol

Faith versus tradition in Islam

Posted May 2011 Rated Informative, Persuasive

15:53

Krista Tippett

Reconnecting with compassion

Posted Feb 2011 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

9:33

Lesley Hazleton

On reading the Koran

Posted Jan 2011 Rated Informative, Inspiring

25:23

His Holiness the Karmapa

The technology of the heart

Posted Sep 2010 Rated Inspiring, Beautiful

7:33

Diane J Savino

The case for same-sex marriage

Posted Aug 2010 Rated Persuasive, Inspiring

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